On Tape

Rip It Up, Issue 107, 1 June 1986, Page 22

On Tape

The Bong Bong Church

($7, Box 1212, Dunedin)

Hey, | like it ‘There are no Words’ and ‘Midday Movies' sound like Wire. They're well-recorded, but where's the rest? There's sup-

posed to be more but | can't find it on the tape ... | can't find any other info either, but going by those two songs, Billy Bong and the BBC are worth investigating. The Worst

(Portobello Productions, $6

from Box 87-129, ; Meadowbank, Auckland)

The name don't belie the band? Nah, not really. Contained herein is variety — from some truly inspired teen punk thrash to some ditties recorded in bedrooms, basements and Keri Keri. Comes in 12" sleeve with book to tell the whole madcap tale of the Worst and their 35 recorded songs.

The P'Tahs Indians Subscribe

(Portobello Productions, $6, address above) : Peter on his own provides a wide range of off-centre and offbeat bits and pieces with a wide variety of instruments and sound effects. There’s everything from a

pyjama song to Indian tribal chants, snatches of St E/lsewhere, street jive and ‘Nothing’s Gonna Happen’ (yetta nutha version). He's the man running Portobello, and you can write to the above address for a catalogue full of shirts, postcards, paper, tapes and assorted exotica. Dunedin’s Underground in Concert : (Fringe Cassettes, Box 6143, Dunedin) Um, if this is Dunedin’s underground ... | don't like Susan Heap's poetry very much and that of Sug Morley is gross and little else. But ‘lnto the Wild’ by Steve Thomas is okay and Grant Fox's work is a lot more interesting. There's Chris McDonald’s rad ‘Dance No 5 Fandanguillo Choros No 2’ as well. The really interesting thing is the literature from these people — anarcho-hippy-weirdo-tarot bedside reading. Paul McKessar